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J. W. JONESv & A. COOPER. AUTOMATIC REGISTERING INKING APPARATUS.

No. 295,767. Patented MAL-25, 1884.

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

AUTOMATIC REGISTERING INKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,767, dated March 25, 1884.

' Application filed August 13, 1883. (No model.) I

in the art to which our invention appertains second, for intercepting the sag of i the stretch to make and use it.

The principal parts and combinations ofparts in our said apparatus are, first, an endless inkdistributing belt supported upon two rolls peculiarly mounted for easy removal, and held apart by elastic tension to take 1 up the slack of the belt, and to compensate for the sag of the stretch of said belt between said rolls when operated 011 by the hand-stamp in inking it;

of said belt between said rolls, a bed or padded plate arranged between the upper and the lower stretches of said belt and mounted upon yielding supports which permit the bed to have limited vertical reciprocatory move- .ments with such momentum that the impact of the hand-stamp, in inking it on the stretch of belt upon said bed, delays the rise of. the same until an instant after said stamp is removed therefrom, and thus slurring of the ink thereon is avoided; third, actuating mechanism for driving one of the rolls supporting the endless ink-distributing belt, the same being connected with the yielding supports of said bedand impelled by its reciprocatory movements; fourth, actuating mechanism, likewise connecting with the yielding supports of said bed, for driving the registeringrindices, to indicate thereby the number of articles stamped;

fifth, an ink-fountain having rollers contiguou'sly arranged withsaid belt and propelled by it for distributing ink thereon, and having an adjustable connector for regulating the supply of the ink; sixth, several combinations of the coacting parts.

In the further description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a perspective view of our complete apparatus. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section of our said apparatus,

sents a bottom view of our improved bed, with its holders for securing the pad thereon. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of our inkfountain detached.

Fig. 5 represents a sec taken near the middle of it. Fig. 3 repretional view of the casing,'showing the levers,

springs,bands, pawls,ratchets, and stops therein. Figs. 6 and 7 represent plans of the levers on which the bed is supported. Fig. 8 represents an interior elevation of one of the two similar sides ofthecasing. Fig. 9 represents A? denotes 0penhooked bearings for the journals Y of the yielding roll Q.

Letter 1 denotes pins on sides A, for attaching the rubber bands N thereon, which embrace sleeves p on the journals Y, to protect said bands against wear and to lessen the friction at said journals. By this means the-roll Q is permitted to yield or sway from its bearings when the endless ink-distributing belt 1% is acted upon byblows from the hand-stan1p while being inked thereonin the usual way. The bed L, supported between the stretches of said endless belt, also sways or moves under said blows. These vertical movements are utilized to propel mechanism by which said endless ink distributing belt or expanse is intermittingly moved to present freshly-inked portions thereof to the said handstamp, and by which the ink-rollers and the registering adjuncts or mechanisms are also automatically operated, as hereinafter set forth.

. l E denotes open bearings for the journals Y of the roll 1?, which is kept to its bearings partly by tension of the belt R, derived from the bands N or their equivalents, connecting the roll Q to its bearings, and partly by pressure of the distributing-roller V, caused by the tension of the elastic connector N, which holds the ink-fountain adjustably to place. Said bands N may be detached from their supporting-pins r, and the rolls Q and P may then be removed from their bearings. The bed L is, however, first removed by simply lifting it from its supports M M and out of the guide-ways A A", it having guides F thereon for traversing and being guided by said ways. Said bed L is laterally guided, when in place, by the tympan-holders f f f" thereon abutting against the sides A of the casing. Said bed L is recessed on top, to rightly support the blanket R thereon, which latter is felt, leather, rubber, or other suitable material. Said bed is recessed more deeply underneath,to present sufficient flange extent to form in it slots 00, for inserting through them the limbs f of the tympan-holders f f f, the same being coupled together, after insertion, by the rubber bands 0 or their equivalents,

in such manner that the loops f thereof may bear by the tension of the bands against the ends of the bed, and hold between said ends and loops the tympan R,stretclied over the blanket B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ledges f on the-ends of the bed serve as catches to keep the said loops f down in clasped position, and the guides F thereon limit the throw of the said holders. The bed thus made and equipped can be readily inserted to place betweenthe stretches of the belt or removed for repairs, as set forth.

XVhen the bed L is in its place, the guides F thereon rest on the pivoted levers M M at points I Z. Said levers are pivoted at D and D, respectively, about equally distant from the sliding joints made by rivets J and slots D at their deflectable ends, that they may have a like and simultaneous movement when the bed L thereon is pressed upon at any edge, corner, or the middle thereof, the said levers being upheld interiorly solely by the springs U. Said levers are limited in their descent by rubber blocks h, to stop them noiselessly.

The stops h arrest their movement upward. Theselimitations operate to enable the ratchets to act certainly in connection with their respective pawls, especially pawls on ratchets K. The bed L is supported widely 011 said levers by the guides F, resting thereon. Said bed is therefore not liable to tilt or become disarranged if it is carelessly struck upon in inking the hand-stamp.

The registering device proper consists of the pawls is, pivoted one to each of the levers M, ratchets K-one on each end of the shaft K-and any suitable indices or wheels, a b c d 6, arranged on the outside of the casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 11. The ratchets K have their teeth arranged to stand intermediately or staggered in relation to each other, to secure certain catching by the pawls 70 every time the hand-stamp is thrust on the bed L. The above staggered arrangement of the teeth of the one ratchet K, to stand intermediately in relation to the teeth on the other ratchet K. on the opposite end of said shaft K, in effect said stamp is removed from said bed and belt R thereon, the springs U elevate the leversM M, and not before, owing to the inertia and a degree of lost motion of the coacting parts, thus gaining a moments advance start of said removal, and hence avoiding slurring of the ink on said stamp. The pawls is then move the ratchets Z on roll 1?, and it drives or propels the belt R, and by its contact the roller V, which moves roller W, thus resuming the drawing of ink from the ink-fountain by the duckroller WV, and the distributing of a regulated portion of it, by the distributing-roller V, onto thesaid belt automatically after each inking of the hand-stamp 011 said belt. ously freshly-inked portions of said belt will be brought forward to be presented to said stamp. Said roll P has a knob, T, on its extended journal Y,which knob may be handled to perfectly distribute ink on said belt R if it is not in right condition to resume the operation of stamping after an interval of rest. The registering device will not be disturbed in this Way of replenishing said belt, as its record indicates merely the times the bed is vibrated or thrust upon by the stamp. Both the sets of pawls k k are held engaged with their respective ratchets K Z by one embracing rubber band, N but evidently each pawl may have its own tension device applied separately to it with the same result. The ink-fountain has inside of its ends S the slant ways V WV, in which the rollers WV are removably journaled in such manner that the distributing-roller V rides on the duck-roller V and derives its supply of ink therefrom. The ink-fouptain is cut away in front at S, that the belt B may freely pass over it when it is located as'shown in Fig. 1. Our ink-fountain S S W V- is removably placed in the casing A B, and has the distributingroller V arranged contiguously with the endless ink-distributing belt R, and so that the axis of said roller V is parallel with the axis of the roll P, supporting said belt, which latter'and said roller are kept together adj ustably by the elastic connector N, applied in the cuts E E, or in an equivalent manner, which connector bears against a part, S, of said fountain, and by its tension presses it forward. By altering the position of said connector in said cuts, said tension may be increased or diminished at pleasure, and there by the supply of the ink distributed can be regulated, the roller V distributing or permitting a greater supply to pass to said endlessbelt R the less said tension is, and vice.

versa.

Our said endless ink-distributing belt B may be made in sections or as a whole, and of any Thus continuo suitable material, as of rubber,leather, buckskin, textile fabric, felt, or even sheet metal. Our said ink-fountain may be located above, to the rear, or nearlybeneath said roll 1?, and a series of distributing-rollers, V,maybe employed to effect perfect distribution of the ink. Oursaid registering device may be omitted in part or as a whole.

A suitable cover may be added to the easin g to exclude dust from the fountain and other portions of it.

What we claim is- 1. In an apparatusfor inking hand-stamps and other analogous forms,an endless ink-distributing belt, in combination with bed havin g reciprocatory vertical movements arranged between stretches of said belt, and actuated by mechanism, substantially as described, by blows of an independent hand-stamp while inking it, to p resent successive portions of said belt freshly inked automatically from an inkfonntain, substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for inking hand-stamps and other analogous forms, the combination of an endless inkdistributing belt, suspended upon rolls whose distance apart is regulated by elastic tension, a bed supported between stretches of said belt, upheld and guided to permit it to have vertical reciprocatory move ments in sustaining the blows from a hand stamp, and mechanism, substantially as' ,described, connecting said bed and rolls, for propelling said belt automatically, driven by said imparted blows in. inking said stamp, substantially as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for inking hand-stamps and other analogous forms,an endless ink-distributing belt, in combination with mech anism, substantially as described, for moying it automatically by the impulses of a hand-stamp in inking the same on said belt, with the mechanism set forth registering the number of said impulses, and with mechanism, substantially as described,connecting the belt-moving mechanism with the registering mechanism, substantially as herein set forth.

4. The endless ink-distributingbelt R and the reciprocating bed L, in combination with the drive-roll P, the yielding stretcher roll Q, the bands N, and sleeves p, applied to the journals Y of the latter roll, for holding the same, thereby to give oompensative tension to said belt or belt-surface, and permit portions of it and the bed L, inclosed between stretchers of it,to move vertically without dverstraining said belt, substantially as-and for the purposes set forth.

5. The reciprocatory pivoted lever'sM, having the pawls 7c, pivoted thereto and united by the slip-joints J D to the co-operating levers M, pivoted likewise to the sides A, in combination with the supporting-springs U, under said levers, the equipped bed,L R R the belt R, the rolls Q P, the ratchets Z on the latter, and stops h h, all arranged and co-opera-tingto convert the reciproeatory vertical movements of said bed derived from impulses forth.

connected in operation by the joints J D, and

connected by pawls 76 7c thereon with the ratchets Z on the drive-roll P, and with the staggered ratchets K, in combination with the reciprocatory equipped bed L R R the belt R, the yielding roll Q, the limiting-stops h-h' on sides A, and shaft K, with indices, all arranged and operating to propel both said endless belt and registering device automatically and alternately, as set forth.

7. The combination of the bed L,with guides F thereon, and pad R R the reciprooatory supports M M, the pawls 7c, the stops h h, the springs U, the inking-belt R, the rolls Q P,

the ratchet Z on the latter, all arranged in and on casing A B, and certainly ooaoting to propel said belt only the instant after the hand stamp giving it impetus to move is withdrawn therefrom, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of l the bed L, having slots X in flanges thereon below and ledges f on its ends, the tympan-holders ff f having their limbs f united by bands 0, the blanket R and tympan R, secured on said bed, in the manner herein set forth, for the purpose specified.

9. The combination of the endless ink-distributing belt or belt-surface R, the ink fountain or vessel S S, the duck-roller W, the distributing-roller V, and the adjustable band N, all co-operating to automatically maintain the supply of ink on said belt and to regulate the quantity distributing thereon, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination of the endless ink-distributing belt R, with the rolls 1? Q, with the ink-fountain S S, its rollers W V, and regulating elastic connector N, with the bed L,

equipped with blanket R tympan R, tympan-holders f f f and bands 0, and supported on the levers M M and springs U, and with ratchets Z and pawls It on the said levers, which latter are duly limited in their movements, all co-operating to propel said belt and keep ink perfectly distributed thereon. automatically, as and for the purpose set 11. The combination of the endless ink-distributing belt It, mounted compensatingly for stretching or contracting on rolls P Q, of variable distance apart, the ink-fountain S S, with rollers WV V therein, connected by band N of adjustable tension, to regulate the supply of ink on said belt, the equipped bed LR R f f f, the supports M M U h 71, ratchets K Z, pawls 7c, shaft K, and registering-indices, all mounted ancl co-operating as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSHUA W. JONES.

ALBERT COOPER. \Vitnesses:

. D. O. lVIAURER,

JOHN I. Buses. 

